Another Vacation Piece

I brought this with me on my trip to the US.  It progressed quite a bit.... now to get it onto the rotation.

Half a Mandala

I have reached the halfway point on the mandala now.  This is going to require a lot of beading at some point!

Rose Close Ups

Remember the roses lining the walk a couple of days ago?  Here are some close ups of the flowers themselves.  They're stunning.

Temari For Sue

 This is the last temari I will be able to make for exchange.  The post office is to blame; because they took away our DPO zip code, I'm not able to mail anything that won't fit into a small priority mail box.  That means temari, because they're three dimensional, are not able to be mailed.  I'm severely bummed out.


To get back to this temari!  It's a C8 design that I saw.  This is my second time making the pattern, and I blinged it out a bit.  The colors are water ones, for the recipient is a boater.  Sue spends a lot of time on the water, so I made a temari to reflect her passion.  She's already received it and loves it.  I'm relieved!

Thank You Teresa!

When I got home from my vacation, one of the packages waiting in the mail contained all this.  Teresa sent it all to me as part of the scissor pocket exchange.  Not only is her scissors case beautiful, she gave me a bounty of threads too.  Thank you so much!  I love it!

Cherry Harvest

 Here's a picture of our vegetable patch. We're growing melons, peas, beans, peppers, and okra. Below, there are pictures of our red currants and cherry tree.  We've already harvested a few kilos of cherries off of it.

Top Side

I've started on the final huge motif of this part.  It's become almost a chore doing this in a timely manner.  I feel like I'm falling farther and farther behind.